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Rarekurtosis
The correct spelling is kurtosis.
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noun
Say it like: Kur-tos-is
The correct spelling is kurtosis. A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
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noun
- 1.A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
- 2.Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
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